Topic 3, Page 8

Multiple Identities?

Figure 1: ‘Digital Identities’ by Heighway, 2018 created on Piktochart, What is a digital identity? The video I created below explains this: According to van Dijck (2013), most professional persona and personal persona display distinct differences and so we should use more than one online identities to accommodate these. Do we have multiple online identities? Social media sites now allow users to create multiple pages for different uses. Continue reading →

Multiple Identities?

Figure 1: ‘Digital Identities’ by Heighway, 2018 created on Piktochart, What is a digital identity? The video I created below explains this: According to van Dijck (2013), most professional persona and personal persona display distinct differences and so we should use more than one online identities to accommodate these. Do we have multiple online identities? Social media sites now allow users to create multiple pages for different uses. Continue reading →

Multiple Identities?

Figure 1: ‘Digital Identities’ by Heighway, 2018 created on Piktochart, What is a digital identity? The video I created below explains this: According to van Dijck (2013), most professional persona and personal persona display distinct differences and so we should use more than one online identities to accommodate these. Do we have multiple online identities? Social media sites now allow users to create multiple pages for different uses. Continue reading →

Remember when on the Internet nobody knew who you were?

In the past, it was much easier to conceal your true identity on the Internet. A suitable depiction of this comes from a cartoon illustrated by Peter Steiner in 1993. Figure 1. “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog” by Peter Steiner (1993) published in The New Yorker. The Debate: A Single Online Identity vs. Multiple Online Identities Figure 2. Continue reading →

Why settle for one when you can have multiple?

In the early years of the internet, it was much easier to hide your online identity. Cartoonist Peter Steiner published an illustration in a 1993 issue of The New Yorker that perfectly depicted the anonymity that came with internet interactions. Peter Steiner’s cartoon illustration (Steiner, 1993) SINGLE IDENTITY Facebook and Google have been large influences in creating a single identity on the web. Continue reading →

Why settle for one when you can have multiple?

In the early years of the internet, it was much easier to hide your online identity. Cartoonist Peter Steiner published an illustration in a 1993 issue of The New Yorker that perfectly depicted the anonymity that came with internet interactions. Peter Steiner’s cartoon illustration (Steiner, 1993) SINGLE IDENTITY Facebook and Google have been large influences in creating a single identity on the web. Continue reading →

Why settle for one when you can have multiple?

In the early years of the internet, it was much easier to hide your online identity. Cartoonist Peter Steiner published an illustration in a 1993 issue of The New Yorker that perfectly depicted the anonymity that came with internet interactions. Peter Steiner’s cartoon illustration (Steiner, 1993) SINGLE IDENTITY Facebook and Google have been large influences in creating a single identity on the web. Continue reading →

Why settle for one when you can have multiple?

In the early years of the internet, it was much easier to hide your online identity. Cartoonist Peter Steiner published an illustration in a 1993 issue of The New Yorker that perfectly depicted the anonymity that came with internet interactions. Peter Steiner’s cartoon illustration (Steiner, 1993) SINGLE IDENTITY Facebook and Google have been large influences in creating a single identity on the web. Continue reading →

Why settle for one when you can have multiple?

In the early years of the internet, it was much easier to hide your online identity. Cartoonist Peter Steiner published an illustration in a 1993 issue of The New Yorker that perfectly depicted the anonymity that came with internet interactions. Peter Steiner’s cartoon illustration (Steiner, 1993) SINGLE IDENTITY Facebook and Google have been large influences in creating a single identity on the web. Continue reading →

Online Identities – Choices and Dangers

A near unlimited access to the internet allows a user a nearly unlimited amount and personalisations of online identities. But how dangerous can one, some, or many online identities be? ‘Dangers of Various Online Identities’ – Image by Pethick, 2018. Continue reading →

Online Identities – Choices and Dangers

A near unlimited access to the internet allows a user a nearly unlimited amount and personalisations of online identities. But how dangerous can one, some, or many online identities be? ‘Dangers of Various Online Identities’ – Image by Pethick, 2018. Continue reading →

Online Identities – Choices and Dangers

A near unlimited access to the internet allows a user a nearly unlimited amount and personalisations of online identities. But how dangerous can one, some, or many online identities be? ‘Dangers of Various Online Identities’ – Image by Pethick, 2018. Continue reading →

Online Identities – Choices and Dangers

A near unlimited access to the internet allows a user a nearly unlimited amount and personalisations of online identities. But how dangerous can one, some, or many online identities be? ‘Dangers of Various Online Identities’ – Image by Pethick, 2018. Continue reading →

Online Identities – Choices and Dangers

A near unlimited access to the internet allows a user a nearly unlimited amount and personalisations of online identities. But how dangerous can one, some, or many online identities be? ‘Dangers of Various Online Identities’ – Image by Pethick, 2018. Continue reading →

Who are you? – Looking at Online Identities

What is in an identity? How we represent ourselves online has for many years been in the public eye – stretching as far back to 1993 when Peter Steiner drew a cartoon depicting a dog using a computer: “On the internet, no-one knows you’re a dog” (Fleishman, 2000). Continue reading →

Single vs multiple online identities?

We might think of the web as a space, a cyberspace whereby different individuals have online personas, which constantly grow; each time we create new accounts, we add to our online identities (Costa and Torre, 2011). But what is our online identity? Click my video below to find out more about online identity! (Created on Biteable, 2018; Costa and Torre, 2011).  As mentioned within my video, we can have single or multiple online identities which determine how and what we use the web for. Continue reading →

Single vs multiple online identities?

We might think of the web as a space, a cyberspace whereby different individuals have online personas, which constantly grow; each time we create new accounts, we add to our online identities (Costa and Torre, 2011). But what is our online identity? Click my video below to find out more about online identity! (Created on Biteable, 2018; Costa and Torre, 2011).  As mentioned within my video, we can have single or multiple online identities which determine how and what we use the web for. Continue reading →

Single vs multiple online identities?

We might think of the web as a space, a cyberspace whereby different individuals have online personas, which constantly grow; each time we create new accounts, we add to our online identities (Costa and Torre, 2011). But what is our online identity? Click my video below to find out more about online identity! (Created on Biteable, 2018; Costa and Torre, 2011).  As mentioned within my video, we can have single or multiple online identities which determine how and what we use the web for. Continue reading →

Single Identity or Multiple Identities Online?

   This saying, “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog”, was coined by cartoonist Peter Steiner, who didn’t realise the potential the cartoon had at the time (Fleishman, 2000), but what does it mean? – Essentially, the internet gives you the power to choose your identity and present yourself as one, or as many identities. Continue reading →

The Real Me? – Topic 3

Introduction Online profiling is a popular method to publicly advertise personal characteristics and interests. However, users may have several identities across multiple platforms, rather than one consistent identity (FutureLearn, 2017). Continue reading →